Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Dr. Ron Paul, libertarian and former Congressman, about Big tech censorship, threats to freedom of speech, and his being caught up in the social media purge which resulted in him being temporarily censored on Facebook. Ron will discuss the power of social media censorship to silence platforms like Parler, sitting presidents like Donald Trump as well as any voices outside the mainstream. He will also discuss how the Joe Biden cabinet is packed with people w

#29 Michael Shellenberger – Censorship Industrial Complex Freedom of speech is foundational to a free and open society. It is through freedom of speech that bad ideas are exposed, and bad leaders held to account. Respect for free speech was once celebrated as an incontrovertible part of the West’s success story, but as Michael Schellenberger points out, recent years have seen it threatened in alarming ways. Watch the full BASED episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usnFm4IK7pE | Se